大家好,我是來自貝曼英語的Tierra老師,今天我們分享的故事是 Tooth Tales 《牙齒的傳說》。
Tooth Tales
牙齒的傳說
What happens in your family
when you lose a tooth?
如果你掉了一顆牙,你的家人會怎麼做?
In Canada and the United States,
we hope for a visit from the Tooth Fairy.
在加拿大和美國,我們希望牙仙能到訪。
We put our tooth under our pillow at night.
晚上,我們把掉的牙齒放到枕頭下。
In the morning,
we see that the Tooth Fairy
has taken our tooth
and given us some money.
第二天早上,我們會發現牙仙拿走了枕頭下的牙齒,並留下了一些錢。
In France,the Tooth Fairy also comes,
but she may give children
a small toy instead of money.
在法國,牙仙也會到訪,但她來的時候可能會給孩子們一個小玩具而不是錢。
In Mexico and Spain,
children get money from a mouse!
在墨西哥和西班牙,
孩子們會從老鼠那裡得到錢!
In Slovenia,the mouse takes the tooth
and puts candy under the pillow.
在斯洛維尼亞,老鼠取走牙齒,
把糖果放在枕頭下。
In Nigeria,the child hides the tooth in the attic,so the mouse doesn"t find it!
在奈及利亞,孩子為了不讓老鼠找到牙齒,會把它齒藏在閣樓裡!
In Israel and Italy,they just
keep the baby tooth as a souvenir,
maybe in a special little box.
在以色列和義大利,
他們只是把嬰兒牙齒留作紀念。
有些人會把牙齒放在一個特製的小盒子裡。
In Austria,the parents may put the baby tooth onto a pendant chain or a key ring.
在奧地利,父母會將嬰兒牙齒
放在吊鏈或鑰匙環上。
Word List
tales:stories 傳說
pillow:a soft thing we put our heads on when we sleep 枕頭
attic:the top part of the house 閣樓
souvenir:something we keep to remind us of a time or place 紀念品